Women’s Ride Day at Fairhaven Bike and Ski

Do you want to meet other women who ride? Our Women’s Ride Day is a great way to make connections and meet other women who are passionate about cycling. Open to female riders of any ability, the celebration kicks off this Saturday, April 28th, with trail and road rides leaving the shop at 11am.

This is a non-competitive event, designed to help you meet your fellow Bellingham area riders.

After the ride, we’ll reconvene at the Firehouse Cafe for beverages, compliments of Fairhaven Bike & Ski.

Questions? Give us a call at (360) 733-4433. We hope to see you on Saturday!

Also, Specialized will be featuring the best Women’s Ride Day photos on Specialized.com.

Here are the instruction from Specialized on how to submit your photos:

“1. Facebook – Post a photo of you and your friends at WRD in the Women’s Ride Day album on SpecializedWMN. Make sure you and your friends are tagged in your post!

2. Twitter, Instagram, or Pintrest- Post a photo on twitter or Instagram of your WRD with #womensrideday and @specializedwmn.

Post your photo by 11 PM on Sunday night and we will pick our top five to feature on Specialized.com. Your facebook/twitter handle will be included in the link as well as a link to your bike shop. Make sure to tag your friends and tell us who you are. Don’t be afraid to get creative, we want to see some cool photos!”

Do You Drive to Ride?

With Bike to Work Day a little over a month away (it’s on May 18^th ), you can be sure you’ll be hearing more about the benefits of bike commuting in the coming days. But there’s an often overlooked place where you can add more biking to your life – getting to the trailhead.

How do you get to your favorite local mountain biking destination? Did you know that in Bellingham, the Birch Street entrance to Galbraith is only 3.7 miles from downtown (using the Bellingham Library as a starting point), while the North Chuckanut trailhead is only 4.7 miles away?

It’s easy to get accustomed to the convenience of driving to the trailhead, but when you factor in the time to load up the car, and the stoplights and traffic encountered along the way, driving really doesn’t save much time. Plus, biking to the trailhead is a great warmup – a nice 20-30 minute spin to loosen up your muscles. And, with the money you save on gas, you’ll have more cash for the shiny new bike parts you’ve been drooling over. Take a look at this map to plan your route. Pick the right combination of side streets and trails and you might even find it’s faster to ride than drive.

There have been numerous studies on how long it takes to form a habit, with no clear conclusion. However, one thing is certain – it takes dedication to develop a new habit and break out of a routine. Start small – maybe commit to riding to the trailhead once every week or two. As you get more accustomed to this new routine, start decreasing the driving and increasing the riding. If you live a little too far to make riding to the trailhead feasible, don’t forget about Bellingham’s bus system. The buses all have bike racks, and for a buck or two you can get to pretty much anywhere in the county. There are even some creative mountain bike rides which involve taking the bus to Alger and then riding back through Blanchard and the Chuckanuts…stop by Fairhaven Bike & Ski for more details.

See you on the trails!

Fairhaven Bike & Ski Photo Friday

Happy Friday! Today’s photo is from a recent mountain bike ride in the Chuckanuts. Rides in the Chuckanuts have a little bit of everything – steep climbs, steep descents, roots, rocks, views – all the ingredients necessary for a memorable day.

Do you have any photos you’d like to share? Send them to us via Facebook  – we’ll feature the best ones in an upcoming Photo Friday. The only requirement is that they’re outdoor related – biking, skiing, snowboarding – we like it all! Have a great weekend.

Specialized Status: Product Profile

Looking for a bike to shred Whistler or Stevens Pass this summer, but want to have money left over for lift tickets and gas? The 2012 Specialized Status may be just the bike. The Status replaces the venerable Big Hit as Specialized’s budget downhill/freeride machine. With 200mm of travel, beefy wheels, wide tires and wide bars, this bike is ready for a summer of bike park action.

The Specialized Status is available in two configurations – the Status I ($2299) comes with a single crown X-Fusion front fork, while the Status II ($2850) comes with a dual-crown Rock Shox Domain. Both bikes are fully capable of handling the roughest terrain around – much of the technology on the Status was derived from the DH World Cup proven Demo.

With the Whistler Bike Park opening on May 18^th (less than seven weeks away), now is the perfect time to check out a Status. If your ideal summer day consists of lap after lap of A-Line and Dirt Merchant, or maybe some laps on Goat’s Gully up in the Garbanzo Zone, then this is the bike for you.

We currently have both the Specialized Status I and II in stock – come on in take a look!